A 62-year-old male patient presents to the clinic complaining of a painful, blistering rash on his left torso. The rash began two days ago with a burning sensation followed by the eruption of vesicles. He describes the pain as severe and constant. The patient has a history of hypertension and type 2 diabetes. Prompt: Differential […]
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A 35-year-old female patient presents to the clinic complaining of a dull, throbbing headache that has been ongoing for the past two weeks. The pain is located primarily in the frontal and temporal regions and is accompanied by occasional nausea and sensitivity to light. She denies any recent trauma, fever, or changes in vision. Her
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A 72-year-old male patient presents to the clinic complaining of increasing episodes of dizziness and occasional confusion over the past month. The patient denies any recent falls or head trauma. His medical history includes hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and mild obstructive sleep apnea. Prompt: Differential Diagnoses:Based on the patient’s presentation, what are the potential differential
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Using the prescribed textbook answer the following questions? Use APA format 7th edition (font, spacing, tittle page, reference page, intext citations). 1.Which type of transition (developmental, health-illness, situational, organizational) do you think nursing students most often experience? Why? 2. What strategies will you use/continue to use to maintain professional boundaries while building your voice as
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Discuss the benefits and disadvantages of a facility using supplemental and floating staff. Compare and contrast how a staffing plan would differ with different nursing units. How does that affect the staffing budget? Utilizing supplemental (e.g., agency or per diem nurses) and floating staff (employees reassigned temporarily from one unit to another) is a common
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Patient is a 70 year old female presenting with shortness of breath, cough and fever. Denies chest pain. She reports symptoms for 4 days. She has history of hypertension and COPD and is regularly on 2L O2 at home.Vital signs – HR: 120, BP: 105/60, RR: 28, O2: 86% on 2L, Temp: 102F Develop a
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PL is a 63-year-old male with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes presenting for follow-up and treatment optimization. Current medications include dicyclomine 10 mg po QID prn abdominal pain, pantoprazole 40 mg po daily 30 minutes before breakfast, losartan 50 mg po daily, and probiotics daily. His lab work today includes: BG 196 mg/dL, A1C 8.6%,
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RC is a 58-year-old female that presents to the clinic today with early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease. What would you prescribe? Consider her labs and provide a drug therapy plan. Include complete medication orders. How would you monitor therapy? Labs: TSH 3.4 mU/L, vitamin D 22 ng/mL, B12 501 pg/mL, Hgb 12.8 g/dL, BG 96 mg/dL, A1C
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AB is a 34-year-old female presenting to the clinic with ongoing migraine headaches. “I’m still getting migraines once a week, even though I take Ubrelvy when they start.” She reports experiencing 3 to 4 migraine attacks per month, typically associated with throbbing pain on one side, light sensitivity, and nausea. Migraines can last from 6-24
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What are the errors in the following prescriptions (5 total)? Rewrite each prescription correctly. What is each medication classification? What is the mechanism of action (MOA)? fluticasone/salmeterol (Advair) 115/21 mcg 1 inhalation BID #1 Diskus 3 RF albuterol 4 mg po 15-30 min before exercise #30 2 RF budesonide/fluticasone (Symbicort) 160/4.5 mcg, 2 puffs inhaled
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